s42blue, on 04 September 2024 - 03:23 PM, said:
And yes there are worse things than swearing in front of kids. Doesn?t make it right though.
A rich research paper on swearing, its forms and contexts appears here
https://www.scienced...02438412200170X
Truly, the best use of the swear word - either body parts, religion and bodily excretions are used in moderation and be contextually effective - or simply not at all. Some words like c*** are simply off the scale, vile and show a lack of wordpower.
Abreviations (FFS) are probably the most common on BB over the last 6 years. Used wisely, a bit of low-level Anglo-Saxon terminology ads a little more flavour without necessarily reducing things to simply a low level of vulgar profanity.